The dancehall scene is buzzing with speculation about Marion Hall's possible return to the dancehall space. The born-again Christian has hinted at a return to her musical roots. With tongues wagging about her possible impact should she return to the space, dancehall experts Professor Donna Hope and influential publisher Donovan 'JR' Watkis are confident that Hall's comeback would electrify the dancehall world.
"Lady Saw wouldn't have to blend in into dancehall now, everyone would expect her to do a more mature kind a music, similar to what they got from Buju Banton when he made the transition from dancehall to Til Shiloh - with a more conscious version of reggae/dancehall music. I can see Lady Saw coming back to dancehall music, but she'd have to be a more elevated Lady Saw. She couldn't go back to the 'belly rub a dub' Lady Saw and capture the audience, because the audience want that content from a younger source.
But there is a space for Lady Saw because she has thousands of fans that would want to see her perform some of her songs," Watkis told THE STAR . He reasoned that Hall wouldn't even need to write new songs, as she has a "countless number of conscious songs in her catalogue that she could tour with". In addition, Watkis argued that many Lady Saw fans believe no one has filled the void that was created when she left dancehall.
Hall walked away from the dancehall scene in 2015 to embrace Christianity. Despite facing a tough decade as a minister of the gospel, she has .